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ArticleCase reports in endocrinology2015

Paraganglioma Presenting as Postpartum Fever of Unknown Origin.

Shraddha Narechania, Amrita Bath, Laleh Ghassemi, Chetan Lokhande, Abdo Haddad, Ali Mir Yousuf, Jessica Marquard, K V Gopalakrishna

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Article in Case reports in endocrinology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Metastatic Paraganglioma of the Spine WithInternational journal of spine surgery · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shraddha NarechaniaInternal Medicine Residency, Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, OH 44111, USA.
Amrita BathInternal Medicine Residency, Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, OH 44111, USA.
Laleh GhassemiInternal Medicine Residency, Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, OH 44111, USA.
Chetan LokhandeAnesthesia Department, Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, OH 44111, USA.
Abdo HaddadCleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, OH 44111, USA.
Ali Mir YousufStrongsville Family Health and Surgery Center, 16761 Southpark Center, Strongsville, OH 44136, USA.
Jessica MarquardGenomic Medicine Institute, 9500 Euclid Avenue NE5, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
K V GopalakrishnaInternal Medicine Residency, Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, OH 44111, USA.
Fairview Southdale Hospital · USCleveland Clinic · USReproductive Medicine Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A young healthy postpartum mother presented with intermittent high fevers and tachycardia. Appropriate testing was done to rule out infectious causes including pan cultures but no identifiable infectious source was found. A CT of the abdomen showed a retroperitoneal mass with two small pulmonary nodules and a bony metastatic lesion. She was found to have stage 4 extra-adrenal paraganglioma with metastases to the lungs and spine. She underwent resection of the mass and is currently undergoing palliative radiation to the spine for pain control. Subsequent genetic testing identified a likely pathogenic variant in SDHB, confirming a diagnosis of Hereditary Paraganglioma-Pheochromocytoma syndrome.

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PMID26236513
PMCPMC4508462
OpenAlexW1587784214

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